Our head gardener’s summer cuttings!

Dear Kew Society supporter,

Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read this quick update on what we’ve been up to over the summer of 2024. If you use the Kew Gardens station and its approaches, we hope you’ve enjoyed the results as you go about your daily business.

Unsung Heroes

But first we wanted to thank some unsung heroes, without whom the blooming beds and pots just couldn’t exist. Local businesses like the Greenhouse Café, Cafe Torelli piccolo, Chris and Chris Motors, Jin Bao, and also TfL have all provided water free of charge to keep the plants alive. So let’s hear it for them; a huge thank you from us at the Kew Society on behalf of everyone who uses the Kew Station and the parade and plaza.

Here are Ilmaz and Dogan from the Pagoda Cafe in Kew Plaza who’ve been doing their bit to keep Kew blooming lovely.

April: Back from the dead

Last autumn the grasses and verbenas on the eastbound platform were chopped down in error by TfL’s contractor. Thankfully they have paid for replacement plants which we planted in April and the bed has now, as  I’m sure you’ll have noticed, been restored to it’s former beauty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July: Who’s that in the undergrowth?

In July we cleared the palm corner by the exit from the westbound platform at the station. With a bit of teamwork, led by Geoff Williams, we removed 14 bags of dead foliage and assorted rubbish and Alan Thomas particularly enjoyed getting stuck into the undergrowth!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August: In the pink and scarlet

Scarlet and bright pink pelargoniums planted under the bridge at the station have provided a wonderful splash of colour this summer under the station sign at the top of West Park Road.

 

 

 

 

 

Of course we couldn’t do any if this without your support or that of our gardening volunteers.

Thank you so much and here’s to keeping Kew beautiful.

Anna Anderson

Caring for Kew is at the heart of what we do.